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Faithful and True!

My Daddy used to sing a song in church - I don't remember all the words, but I remember the chorus. "He's been faithful, faithful and true." This week, we're having VBS every night at our church. I had set my sights on potentially having 40 kids. I figured we would have around 25 and maybe we could encourage the kids to bring friends. The first night, we had 42 kids! We have had great adult volunteers who are excited to be there.I know that some incredible things are going to happen this week in these kids lives! I can't wait until tomorrow's lesson in learning to trust Jesus! I'm so thankful because I know that we couldn't do any of this in our own strength but He is making all things possible! The only way that any of this is possible is because He's been faithful. Faithful and True!

Consumed

Let's see. . . in the past few months, we have worked, been under construction (church building), rested, played, swam, cooked, worked, entertained, mentored, and kept ourselves busy and out of trouble.  Oh, and did I mention we worked?  I have to admit, I have felt completely spent lately.  Nothing much left for creative writing. I did some painting for a couple of gifts in the last few weeks and man, it felt good to let the other side of my brain function for a bit. We're gearing up for vacation bible school next week - and I'm looking forward to setting things up and decorating - let the creativity flow! I was reading some blogs yesterday and came across one that had a list of books they had read.  One that caught my attention was called "Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives." I'm still debating whether to spend the $9.99 to download it to my phone.  How sad is that?! I did download a sample and read the f